PKA file extension. How to open and convert files with PKA file suffix

Files with pka extension can be mainly found as archives, created using the PKarc compression utility used in 1980s. Somewhat obsolete file format.

There are 2 other file types using
the PKA file extension!

.pka - Packet Tracer practice activity data

.pka - PointLineCAD 3D keyframe animation

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PKA file extension - PKArc compressed file archive

What is pka file? How to open pka files?

File type specification:

Archive and compressed file type

File extension pka is traditionally associated with the PKarc compression utility and used for one of its default compressed archives.

PKarc was released in the mid-1980s in addition to duplicating the compression techniques used in ARC, added an additional algorithm which produced smaller files. Created by Phillip Walter Katz author of popular zip compression.

A .pka file is the standard compressed archive created with PKarc. It is very rare to find such archive nowadays.

The default software associated to open pka file:

7-zip

Company or developer:
Igor Pavlov

A free file archiver developed by Igor Pavlov featuring higher compression ratios with LZMA and LZMA2 compression.

It is mainly available for Windows platform (for Mac and Linux are available command line tools) and is the primary program to handle 7z archives. However, also supports various compression file formats.

Supported formats:

Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM

Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VMDK, WIM, XAR and Z

Help how to open:

It seems that this archive type can only be extracted with PKArc only, but perhaps other tools like 7-zip can help you.

How to convert:

Various archives can be typically repacked to between different formats, including pKA format. However, finding a program that still support this format can be tricky.

List of recommended software applications associated to the .pka file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open pka file, edit pka file, convert pka file, view pka file, play pka file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

Applications that extract pka file - PKArc compressed file archive

Programs supporting the exension pka on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about 7-zip for extract pka file action.

Microsoft Windows:

7-zip

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